Electric whip.



H. C. DIXON.

ELECTRIC WHIP.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, I914 Patented May 25, 1915.

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' nnncrnac To all whom it may concern Be it @own that I, HENRY U. DIXON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oil City, in the parish of Caddo and State of Louisiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Electric ps, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for causing animals, such as horses or mules to accelerate their speed and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide means whereby an electric discharge may take place in such a manner that the animal will experience a pricking sensation, which while being suficient to urge --him into greater activity is not suiliciently intense to lead to injury.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described which may be used in lieu of the ordinary whip for causing a, horseor mule to move at a faster pace, thus obviating the danger ct injuring the animal as is sometimes occasioned by excessive use of the whip.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification and the novel features of the device will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application in which Figure 1 shows a whip with my improved electric attachment, Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of the whi certain parts being shown in section, and l ig. 3 is a detail view showing the electric terminals carried by the whip.

In carrying out my invention ll may make use of any ordinary whip, such as the buggy whip shown in the drawings. To the handle 1 of the whip I attach a spring contact memher 2 having a suitable thumb or finger piece 3 and arranged to engage a conducting mem- Eli ber tench as a screw or other sui le device, the contact screw 4: being suitably insulated from the contact spring 2 as by means of an insulating plate 5. This circuit maker or switch is designed to complete a local circuitconsisting of a battery B and the primary P of an induction coil. The secondary S is connected with insulated wires 6 and 7, which may be wound around the whip stock 8, one of the wires being in Specification of Letters Eatent.

the whip for making Patented May 25, 11%115.

Application filed July 27, 1914. serial Ito. 853,37d.

electrical connection with a conducting ring 9 and the other being in electrical connection with a similar conducting ring 10 spaced apart from the ring 9 and suitably insulated therefrom.

From the foregoing descri tion of the various parts of the device tie operation thereof may be readily understood.

The whip handle 1 is designed to rest in. the ordinary whip socket carried by the ve hicle. The battery may be made of any suitable number of cells such as dry cells, which may be stored under the seat of the vehicle. An induction coil may also be placed on some part of the vehicle where it is not liable to be damaged. Now when it is desired to urge the animal on to a greater pace the whip is laid on the back of the animal with the rings 9 and 10 in contact with the animals bod or it may be held just above the body. en now the switch-button 3 is depressed it will energize the local circuit through the primary of the induction coil and the high tension circuit of the secondary will cause a rush of electric current to pass from one of the rings through the body of the animal to the other. This will cause a pricking sensation to the skin of th animal or a shocking sensation. Thus t'w animal is induced by the shock or pricking sensation to quicken his speed as surely as though he were cut with a whip.

At each closureot the switch-button 3 the circuit in the secondary will be caused to pass and the same thing will occur at each break in the circuit. My invention, however, also contemplates the use of a vibrator (not shown) so that when the button 3 is depressed the secondary will continue to produce a' current of sufiicient tension to cause a pricking or shocg sensation.

ll claim 2' l. The combination with a whip, or a pair or conducting rings disposed on the whip near one end thereof, said rings beinginsulated from each other, a battery, an induction coil, the terminals of the secondary of the, induction coil being connected to said rings, and means carried by the handle of and breaking the currenlt through the primary of the induction cor 2. The combination with a whip, of a pair of conducting rings disposed on the whip near one end thereof, said rings being insulated from each other, a battery, an induction coil, the terminals of the secondary ranged to engage said stationary contact for of the induction coil being connected to said com leting the circuit through the primary rings, means carried by the handle of the of t e coil.

Whip for making and breaking the current HENRY CARLTON DIXON. through the primary of the induction coil, Witnesses: said last named means comprising a sta- M. R. PEGG,

tionary contact, and a spring contact ar- J. C. CARTER. 

